Claims against the NYPD cost the city $212 million in 2014 alone
12/05/14 08:23 PM—Updated 12/05/14 09:19 PM
By Trymaine Lee

New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, whose chokehold killed Eric Garner on Staten Island in July, has been sued by residents claiming various abuses in at least three separate cases.

In one of those cases, Pantaleo is accused of falsely arresting and humiliating two men, who say Pantaleo searched them illegally, forced them to pull their pants and underwear down in public, squat and cough.

The City of New York settled that claim for $30,000 – $15,000 for each party involved.

A grand jury earlier this week announced that it would not be indicting Pantaleo in Garner’s death, despite the outcry from community groups who say the NYPD has systematically targeted black and Hispanic men for harassment.

The payout amount in the earlier Pantaleo case is hardly unusual for New York City, where claims against members of New York’s finest have swelled by 31% over the past five years. In that time, the city has paid out nearly a half-billion dollars in claims.

At least the cops in new york city actually have real police work to do unlike around here where i live they have literally next to nothing to do so all they do is cruise around town pulling over as many people as possible for insignificant traffic violations in order to financially rape and legally extort as much cash as possible to be sucked up by the elites who rule and control us...